September 26, 2004
Preempted for Special Programming

September 19, 2004 (#6)
Originally broadcast June 20, 2004

Confessions of a Child Beauty Queen
Roman Mars - Producer, KALW

Growing up in the south, writer A. H. Weatherman regularly competed in beauty pageants. She remembers them vividly: the mothers were terrifying, the costumes uncomfortable, and the pageants themselves unforgettable...for all the wrong reasons.
(KALW’s Invisible Ink)

Interview with Producer Roman Mars

Gwen Macsai talks with Roman Mars about how he stumbled upon A.H. Weatherman's story, “Confessions of a Child Beauty Queen,” and about his program Invisible Ink.

Dumpsters of New York
Matt Power – Independent Producer

Matt Power eats trash. A regular dumpster-diver, he's unearthed and consumed everything from Odwalla Bars and organic vegetables to fresh berries and gourmet pizza slices. He explains that it's not only cheap, but surprisingly satisfying. (PRI's The Next Big Thing from WNYC)

Featured Music:

Mice Parade, Collaborations (After Hours/Bubble Core)

September 5, 2004 (#5)
Originally broadcast June 13, 2004

Remedial Theory
Benjamen Walker – Independent Producer

When Slobodan Milosevic was tried at the Hague for crimes against humanity, the world collectively turned against him, except for Benjamen Walker who hand-delivered a pile of edifying literature to him, including Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. (PRI's The Next Big Thing, from WNYC)

Silence
Joan Schuman – Sound Artist

Imagine being in love with someone with whom you've never communicated verbally. That's how it was at the start of Tripura and Om's relationship. Joan Schuman paints an aural portrait of their very...quiet...relationship.

And How Does That Make You Feel
Kathleen Ross – Producer, Blunt Youth Radio

Stella's senior year in high school isn't about proms and football games. It's full of therapists, overbearing adults, and vice. Kathleen Ross offers this fictionalized view of high school from the therapist's couch. (WMPG’s Blunt Youth Radio)

Chicken Diaries
Jude Fletcher and Michael Johnson – Independent Producers

They're great for dinner, metaphors, and weak jokes. But can chickens make decent house pets? Meet Betty and Veronica, two hens who give Jude Fletcher the chance to see for herself. (KQED’s Hot Soup)

Featured Music:

To Rococo Rot and I-Sound, Music Is a Hungry Ghost (City Slang)

Extras:

Learn more about Benjamen Walker's own radio show Theory of Everything.